Island Of The Blue Dolphins Quotes

#1. Now, suddenly, I was the kind of girl who felt true physical pain when asked to put down a book at the dinner table, who asked friends over and ignored them to finish Island of the Blue Dolphins for the fifth time.

Lizzie Skurnick

#2. Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it felt to read those books. I want to write books with the same power to transport readers into another time and place.

Jennifer Armstrong

#3. Say: If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.

Laura Miller

#4. The best dreams are the ones you are awake for.

Dixie Waters

#5. I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.

Garik Israelian

#6. The same as she'd always done when she'd seen me suffer because I wanted something to be different than it was and she was trying to convince me with that single word that I must accept things as they were.

Cheryl Strayed

#7. If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil . He cannot stop at the beast. The most savage of men are not beasts; they are worse, a great deal worse.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#8. While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.

Judd Nelson

#9. Only Jesus is perfect!" isn't in the Bible.

D.R. Silva

#10. In summer the empire of insects spreads.

Adam Zagajewski

#11. If you can survive disappointment, nothing can beat you

Louis C.K.

#12. Can emotional love be reborn? You bet! The key is to learn the primary love language of your spouse and choose to speak it.

Gary Chapman

#13. I don't want to be followed by random men I don't know. It can also be hard to deal with other kids who are jealous or mean. I can't post a picture on Instagram without being criticized.

Kendall Jenner

#14. Life is like the dirt we bury our dreams and fears in. It blemishes the way. As things tend to grow by the rain of our belief or doubts.

Anthony Liccione

#15. We want too much but enjoy too little.

Lailah Gifty Akita